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Whether we’re inspiring potential future architects to develop solutions to social issues or educating the general public on critical community development topics, SAF is fostering a deeper understanding of how design impacts our lives.More than 6,000 people a year participate in SAF programs, and your gift will help us to:INSPIRE YOUTH: SAF engages more than 500 youth each year in innovative programs for children, teens and tweens on weekends and in school settings. Model building workshops and other programs go beyond simply creating structures and drawings. SAF provides a historical perspective on architecture and design topics and challenges youth to envision their ideal built environment through use of current technologies and renewable systems and materials.EDUCATE THE PUBLIC: Through entertaining walking tours that take locals and visitors through Seattle’s downtown core and through our great neighborhoods, SAF covers ground like no other organization in Seattle. In addition, our Design in Depth Series invites the public to engage in panel discussions around topics that pertain to the built environment.ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY: For the past 16 years, Seattle’s architecture and design community comes together to exhibit a diverse selection of physical and digital architectural models at our annual model exhibit. In addition to making these models accessible to the general public, SAF offers free programming and social events to engage a variety of audiences in developing a deeper understanding the role that architecture and design plays in shaping our communities.

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Please join APA Washington's Youth In Planning Task Force tomorrow, Thursday, March 14 from 4:00 - 7:00 at Puget Sound Regional Council to participate in an important conversation which will be used to inform the creation of a graphic novel about planning in Washington state for Washington teens. ... See more

Please join us next Thursday, March 14 from 4:00 - 7:00 at PSRC to participate in a community conversation hosted by APA Washington's Youth in PlanningTaskforce. This important conversation will be used to inform the creation of a graphic novel about planning in Washington state for Washington teens... ... See more

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s on our upcoming Art Deco tour!

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s. Following the horrors of World War I, architects began fusing modern structural advances with beautiful, lively, organic designs to create the style known as Art Deco. On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial b ... See more

Join us at the Center for Architecture & Design for the opening night of "Because it Rains" the latest exhibit in the space

For this exhibit, recipient of AIA Seattle’s 2018 Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship, Laura Bartunek Assoc. AIA explored the concept of rain as a creative catalyst within design. Bartunek sought out five notorious rains found in Florida, New Mexico, Kauai, London and Norway, experiencing and studying the individuality of rain through the lens of architecture. The exhibit catalogs these tales of rain through a series of climate illustrations and architectural research models, asking and inspiring us to think differently about our weather.

Do you love the architecture of your city and want to share it with everybody? This is your opportunity! Attend our annual Tour Guide Training and develop all the skills needed to become a SAF tour guide! ... See more

SAF tour guide training only takes place once a year and you must attend the all-day training. The focus is on developing the presentation/public speaking skills needed to become a SAF tour guide. We will also provide you with an introduction to architectural styles, and more detailed information ab ... See more

Thank you Schemata Workshop, inc for hosting this month's Youth model building workshop and a big thanks to Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing for volunteering your time to share about your community. Photo by Sheila Hoffman. ... See more

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s. Following the horrors of World War I, architects began fusing modern structural advances with beautiful, lively, organic designs to create the style known as Art Deco. On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial b ... See more

Have your teen join us at Schemata Workshop, inc this weekend to learn more about the exciting world of co-housing, where design aims to bring neighbors together, not keep us apart.

So you want to live with friends and family, but you want your privacy too? Is the annual block party with your neighbors just leaving you wanting more? Maybe cohousing is for you! Join us at Schemata Workshop to learn more about the exciting world of cohousing, where design aims to bring neighbors ... See more